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Hi again guys!

Hello everyone! I’ve migrated this site over to WordPress…well, “migrated” is not the right word, more like “recreated”, but I’m hopeful this will be a good change. It’s already SO much more customizable, and you know as a designer and as someone who’s particular about how things look, I’m ALL about customizable!
I’ve imported all my old posts from my art blog on Blogger, although I couldn’t bring over the ones from my old Weebly site. No big loss. And I’ll be posting more here as I shift my focus over to the art business in the new year!
See you guys again soon! Keeping this post short for today, but I’ll be back!
I might be insane.
Yes, I might have just lost my tiny little mind…because I agreed to do an art festival next Saturday. And yes, my son is only just about to be 7 months old this week. Yeah…I might be crazy.
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Back on the show train… |
…which means it pretty much takes place during his naps. 😛 Fortunately those are still pretty frequent (he’s taking one right now in his stroller! The excitement of walking around and Mom taking pictures of palo verde knocked him out). I got to make a couple new pieces for this show (the show organizer mentioned liking my painted boxes, so I made some more of those), but not as many as I normally would have back in the old days B.B. (before baby). I’m sure this will change again in a couple years A.P. (after preschool).
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Rainbow mandala box |
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red “double happiness” box |
A rare two-handed day!
I am gradually coming to terms with the fact that my productivity, art-wise, will just be low for a while. And that’s okay. Of course, if I get commissions I will still fulfill them in a good amount of time, but in terms of just day-to-day doing art stuff…yeah, I won’t be setting any “do two paintings or more a month! Paint a stone a day!” type goals for a long time.
Except for that magical time called Babysitting Day. And then I can do anything for a few hours!
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These will be coming to Etsy one day…as soon as I get enough time to take pictures of these skull necklaces on some other surface than my desk… |
I hadn’t painted a stone in probably a year…it kinda shows, huh?
Stuff I needed, that maybe you need too
People make it sound so easy. “Oh, it must be nice to be able to work from home, so that you can take care of your baby!” I mean, it is, and even I thought it would be easy before I actually had to do it. But as it turns out, babies need a lot of attention. Duh. Gigantic understatement. 😛
You know what’s saved my life on numerous occasions?
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Ack, I just realized in this picture it’s on the precipice of the futon. It’s not usually that precarious, I swear! |
- the special anti-colic Dr. Brown’s bottles. I don’t know why, but Stephen was just not able to eat out of these. And there were too many darn little parts.
- all the breastfeeding accouterments I got (pump; nursing bras; the bra maxi pad things to, y’know, prevent leakage; nipple creams; etc). Well okay, they worked, but I ended up not needing them since I couldn’t breastfeed. That really is a whole other post for a whole other time, since I have a lot of thoughts on this subject…well, at least I got some new, well-fitting bras out of the deal!
- not one but TWO giant bottles of hand sanitizer. Since they were so stringent about germs in the NICU (and for good reason!), I had thought I would be the hand sanitizer nazi when we got him home too. That lasted about three days.
- the eco-friendly Seventh Generation diapers. I got some of these, but they smell weird (before being used, even!), and it’s turned out to be way more economical to just get the Costco store brand. Wipes: ditto.
- any sort of fancy soy or anti-colic formula. Costco brand once again, baby! Costs half as much, and apparently tastes just as good, I wouldn’t know.
- bibs…maybe just because he isn’t on solid foods yet, but I haven’t needed ’em yet.
- a fancy baby-food-making blender. Again, he’s not on solids yet, but I have resisted the urge to go get a Nutribullet solely for baby food purposes.
You know, to stay on the ostensible topic of this blog, I should do these lists for art supplies…god knows I’ve bought some useless (or absurdly single-purpose) art gadgets in my time, and also some really cool useful ones that I ended up using over and over again. That’s a whooooole ‘nother post, though.
A new print site and some Valentiney goodness
One of the things I forgot to mention during my late-pregnancy scramble last year: I joined another print site! It’s Boom Boom Prints, and here is my store on there. It’s more geared towards families and kids, so in addition to t-shirts, shower curtains, tote bags, etc. like on Society6, they also have onesies, maternity t-shirts, lunch bags…they even have dog clothing.
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You can get a purple cow onesie! Isn’t that kind of the thing that’s always been missing from your life? |
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DOGCEPTION! |
Here’s an example:
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It’s not a hint, really it’s not! |
Inspired Monday: Itzchak Tarkay
When my husband and I were on our honeymoon, we were on a huge cruise ship (yeah, can’t afford to do that anymore, and wouldn’t want to with a baby!). It almost literally had everything. There was a bowling alley, a casino, tons of bars, pools, restaurants, an Irish pub, a theatre that showed Blue Man Group, a comedy club, an ice bar…and an art gallery.
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And some HUGE chandeliers. |
This is a pretty typical Itzchak Tarkay painting:
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images from Park West Gallery |
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Image from ArtBrokerage.com |